Found only in the books of Matthew, Luke and Revelation, the Greek noun “anatole” described the rising of the sun, the rising of a star, or the “east.”

Wise men from the “east” (Mt. 2:1Mt. 2:1
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2 ¹ Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

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2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

WP-Bible plugin and see Mt. 2:9Mt. 2:9
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9 And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

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11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: ²⁷ For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

WP-Bible plugin this noun is translated “dayspring.”  Luke also used this word in Lk. 13:29Lk. 13:29
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29 And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

WP-Bible plugin.  For all the places this noun occurs in the book of Revelation, see Rev. 7:2; 16:12; 21:13Rev. 7:2; 16:12; 21:13
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2 And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, ¹² And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might by made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising. ¹³ on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

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